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  • It is a film adaptation of the Michael Lewis book which chronicles how Oakland A's manager Billy Beane (played in a near-flawless movie star turn by Brad Pitt) used Peter Brand's (Jonah Hill) groundbreaking statistical analysis to build a winning team out of low-cost players that were considered borderline useless by the bigger and richer teams.

    Scott Mendelson: Review: Moneyball Scott Mendelson 2011

  • It is a film adaptation of the Michael Lewis book which chronicles how Oakland A's manager Billy Beane (played in a near-flawless movie star turn by Brad Pitt) used Peter Brand's (Jonah Hill) groundbreaking statistical analysis to build a winning team out of low-cost players that were considered borderline useless by the bigger and richer teams.

    Scott Mendelson: Review: Moneyball Scott Mendelson 2011

  • Murray resumed the punishment with rasping ground strokes and near-flawless serving and there was nothing López could do about it.

    Andy Murray thrashes Feliciano López to reach US Open fourth round 2011

  • Friday's scrubbing came dramatically close to liftoff on what appeared to be a near-flawless launch day: With a helicopter overhead and a SWAT vehicle in chase, the space shuttle crew had left NASA's operations center in an airstream trailer for the 10-minute trip to the launch pad when word came: Launch of Endeavour is scrubbed.

    NASA abruptly cancels shuttle launch; Monday liftoff planned 2011

  • In the early stages of the Djokovic match and, in fact, throughout his impressive tournament, we'd seen that that Federer is still perfectly capable of at least approximating his near-flawless play of old.

    Benjamin Hart: Roger Federer's Slow Mental Decline Benjamin Hart 2011

  • The Associated Press called it a “near-flawless production with multiple camera angles and a majestic backdrop in the giant statue of Abraham Lincoln.”

    It’s Not TV. It’s BHO. - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

  • Yet despite a near-flawless record, investors aren't enamored.

    Nestl Ren 2011

  • Chinese counterfeiters are known for pumping out knock-offs of Apple Inc.'s best-selling iPhones and iPads, but one appears to have gone a step further—creating a near-flawless copy of an Apple Store.

    A Fake Apple Store 2011

  • The Associated Press called it a “near-flawless production with multiple camera angles and a majestic backdrop in the giant statue of Abraham Lincoln.”

    It’s Not TV. It’s BHO. - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

  • Friday's scrubbing came dramatically close to liftoff on what appeared to be a near-flawless launch day: With a helicopter overhead and a SWAT vehicle in chase, the space shuttle crew had left NASA's operations center in an airstream trailer for the 10-minute trip to the launch pad when word came: Launch of Endeavour is scrubbed.

    NASA abruptly cancels shuttle launch; Monday liftoff planned 2011

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